Optus and QFF - Phone Plans

[lovestotravel]

I'm on an old Optus plan that provides unlimited calls/SMS/MMS and 2GB of data (per billing cycle) when roaming.

Roaming recently with Optus was a pain in Europe with 2G showing in some Countries, 3G in most and if I was lucky 4G. I had to manually select operators from time to time to get it to work.

Partner used a physical data travel sim, and her Optus phone using the Esim and it was great.

Next trip I'll get a data sim as 2GB per month is not enough, and Optus overseas is unreliable

 

[exceladdict]

I'm on an old Optus plan that provides unlimited calls/SMS/MMS and 2GB of data (per billing cycle) when roaming.

Roaming recently with Optus was a pain in Europe with 2G showing in some Countries, 3G in most and if I was lucky 4G. I had to manually select operators from time to time to get it to work.

Partner used a physical data travel sim, and her Optus phone using the Esim and it was great.

Next trip I'll get a data sim as 2GB per month is not enough, and Optus overseas is unreliable

Where abouts in Europe? edit: any particular countries that were difficult?

 

[SYD]

Where abouts in Europe? edit: any particular countries that were difficult?

I had some fun and games in Germany last year - needed to manually switch roaming networks if I wanted 4G or calls (couldn’t get both on any one network). But otherwise, generally seamless. UK was fine, pretty sure NL, BE, FR and ES have been fine in the past.

 

[TheInsider]

Where abouts in Europe? edit: any particular countries that were difficult?

Italy and London were terrible in my experience. Both with Optus and Vodafone.
Italy many 2G spots. London 3G and 4G but terrible speeds, equivalent to dial up.

 

[lovestotravel]

Where abouts in Europe? edit: any particular countries that were difficult?

Scotland and France were the worst
Italy and Germany were just ok
I found Switzerland was ok to good

 

[exceladdict]

Thanks all, much appreciated. I may have a chance to see how telstra's roaming partners fare over the next while.